07.02. - 30.03.2024: Literature Club 2024

In April of 2024, the graduate college made an invitation for the Literature Club: collective reading and exploration of literary texts, analysis of their function, and questions about the What and How of their core contents. All participants had the opportunity to learn and ask about examples of world literature - old and new, national and international - and try different approaches to the scientific work with literature at the university.

Programme

Mi, Feb 7      Tobias Döring (Englische Literaturwissenschaft)
                   Einführung mit einem Märchen (Brüderchen und Schwesterchen)

Mi, Feb 21    Juliane Prade-Weiss (Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft)
                   Sophokles, König Ödipus

Mi, Feb 28.   Joachim Schiedermair (Skandinavische Literaturwissenschaft)
                   Henrik Ibsen, Klein Eyolf

Mi, Mar 6     Felicitas Mayer / Sonja Trurnit (Englische Literaturwissenschaft)
                  Maya Angelou, Gedichte

Mi, Mar 13.  Ekaterina Kolevatova / Dominic Timm (Russische Literaturwissenschaft)
                  Ivan Turgenev, Asja

Mi, 20.3.   Isabel Jacobs / Karen Oostenbrink (Anglophone / Deutsche Literaturwiss.)
                Kim de l’Horizon, Blutbuch

Results

The participants report from interesting insights in a variety of works. Thanks to a diverse selection of literature and multiple university professors, a range of perceptions and opinions have been shared and discussed. Questions about the desirability of literary studies and its tools have been posed and debated. The sessions were a colourful mix of theoretical and emotional, which granted a stimulating environment for various different tastes and interests. A friendly, open, and enthusiastic atmosphere contributed to an ideal environment for discussion. The event was reviewed very positively and highly recommended especially from the participants implemented in the literary and linguistic fields of study.